Frank, at 10:13 on Sep 22 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Just as long as it connects OK, I don't really give a toss 
BG> what Windows says about it.  Still wish it was easier to 
BG> install non-standard modems though.

FF> Interestingly, I've installed two modems here in Win95, and 
FF> one at a friend's place, all different, (Maestro 144M, 
FF> Courier, Dynalink Fastcard+), and Win95 "detected" all of 
FF> them as "Generic 28.8", (even the Maestro!).

Shows you how useless Win95 is then, as the Courier uses a completely
different command set from the Dynalink or Maestro.  I doubt it would work
under Win95's generic setting anyway.

FF> You know that in Modem Properties -> Advanced, you can get 
FF> Win95 to record a log file, which records any TAPI 
FF> application's use of the modem. Great idea, terrible 
FF> implementation.

No, but I'll take your word for it that it does.

FF> Apart from the fact Win95 censors the actual phone numbers 
FF> dialed in the log file, (making cost calculation undoable), 
FF> the file actually has a size limit!

FF> Once this straight ASCII text file get's to 256Kb in size, 
FF> that's it. Nothing more will be written to the file. You get 
FF> no warnings, no nothing. Unreal! Even a three line QBasic 
FF> program can write to a text file megabytes in size, yet 
FF> Win95 falls over at 256Kb :-(

You mean the data doesn't get added to the file on a FIFO basis then?  And
I alway thought that IBM was the current master of footshots...

FF> What more can you say .... ??

Lots, actually, but you really don't want me to start, do you?  :)

Regards, Bill

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